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Press Pass | Mac Jones on Mindset and Preparation for Final 3 Games · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: The Raiders defense a little bit and crossing out there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. I mean played against him a few times,
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  Speaker 2: and obviously Max is a premier player in this league.
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  Speaker 2: And I think they did a good job this past
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  Speaker 2: week and playing hard, and they try to confuse the
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  Speaker 2: quarterback and put the defensive guys in different spots, so
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  Speaker 2: I have some familiarity with it. Obviously, Coach Graham, it's
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  Speaker 2: done a great job. I've practiced against against his defense
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  Speaker 2: a few times, so it's definitely has some new wrinkles
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  Speaker 2: and they've done a good job.
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  Speaker 3: What do you want to do better? I mean, as
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  Speaker 3: you look these last three games, three games, four, what
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  Speaker 3: are you focused on MAC in your game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just taking it one day at a time, starts
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  Speaker 2: to stay with practice and really just be where my
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  Speaker 2: feet are. That's in the games, that's in practice, that's
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  Speaker 2: anything in between. So I think that's one of my
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  Speaker 2: best just going out there having fun slinging it around,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm going to continue to do that, but really
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  Speaker 2: just get back to that one play at a time mindset.
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  Speaker 2: I think sometimes you put so much weight on a
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  Speaker 2: certain play in a game, and really they're just plays,
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  Speaker 2: so you can't look at it, whether it's the first
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  Speaker 2: drive of the game or the last drive. You just
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  Speaker 2: got to go out there and play and do your job.
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  Speaker 2: And if you do your job on the play, then
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  Speaker 2: that's really all you can ask for yourself.
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  Speaker 3: Talking the post game last week about having fun and
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  Speaker 3: how that's just always the way you approach it. Do
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  Speaker 3: you see any of that residual on your teammates? Do
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  Speaker 3: you see do you having fun and make a difference?
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  Speaker 2: I guess I'm think so. I think we've had some
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  Speaker 2: good results here in terms of like moving the ball
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  Speaker 2: and and like you said, having fun guys making plays
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  Speaker 2: and really not letting one play turn into like a
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  Speaker 2: snowball effect. Does that make sense? So just kind of
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  Speaker 2: just playing each play one play at a time and
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  Speaker 2: keeping it loose. Whether we did something good on the
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  Speaker 2: first series or something bad, so you got to play
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  Speaker 2: each play like I say, always, And I think it
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  Speaker 2: definitely carries over to them. I think that fits the
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  Speaker 2: personalities in the room, myself included, and the coaches. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's not been the best season so far, but we're
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  Speaker 2: also still striving for perfection and keeping it fun and
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  Speaker 2: loose and trying to win.
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  Speaker 1: Busted.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, only on the dance floor. But we'll probably we'll
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  Speaker 2: probably pocket that one and just see if we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: just get touchdowns. Yeah, a little bit. Yeah, I didn't
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  Speaker 2: really know the significance of all that, but I don't
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  Speaker 2: look at the social media too much. But yeah, my
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  Speaker 2: girlfriend definitely said something about it and it was like, what
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  Speaker 2: was that? But yeah, it was. It was good to
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  Speaker 2: once again have fun, and I think that energizes the
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  Speaker 2: team when the quarterback can make a play. It's just
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  Speaker 2: for me looking at the film, just finishing those plays
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  Speaker 2: and finishing the game and then everyone's gonna be in
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  Speaker 2: a great mood because we won. Right, So that's just
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  Speaker 2: the NFL is getting it to the fourth quarter and
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  Speaker 2: making those plays and energizing the team.
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  Speaker 1: Never think of how weird your situation is, Like they
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  Speaker 1: brought you here to be the backup, so theory, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you are playing because of the injury, and you're trying
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  Speaker 1: to find a spot somewhere else so you don't come
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  Speaker 1: back here. You know, it's just a weird situation, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean not really. I mean I've always just
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  Speaker 2: been blessed to be a part of a team. Really,
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  Speaker 2: that's why I play football and it's to have fun,
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  Speaker 2: throw touchdowns and have fun with my teammates really, and
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  Speaker 2: it's all about the team, whether that's offensive guys or
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  Speaker 2: defensive guys, in the bond that you can create and
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  Speaker 2: the friendships that you make. So I've been fortunate to
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  Speaker 2: be here and made a lot of great friendships coaches
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  Speaker 2: and players and people around the building. You know that
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  Speaker 2: I've known for a long time, which is kind of fun.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm gonna just finish this thing strong and hope
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  Speaker 2: everyone else does the same. I know they will. I
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  Speaker 2: know we have the right guys in the locker room,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm looking forward to the challenges ahead. What is
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  Speaker 2: it about Britain and a skill set that makes them
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  Speaker 2: just like a weapon that you can trust and have confidence? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think like I said, and after the game, just
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  Speaker 2: he's really tough. When you have a tough tight end
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  Speaker 2: like that who can block, run routes, do all that stuff.
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  Speaker 2: So he really he can do it all. It's just
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  Speaker 2: the challenge of consistency with him, and he's done a
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  Speaker 2: great job when he's been in there, so and really
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  Speaker 2: just opportunity, so he's taking it and run with it.
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  Speaker 2: The challenges to keep doing that each week and I
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  Speaker 2: know he will, and don't put too much pressure on yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Just go out there and be a leader like he's been.
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  Speaker 2: He was a captain last week and stuff, so he's
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  Speaker 2: done a good job.
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  Speaker 1: A